Drew Fortune, whoever the hell he is, blows. The questions were asinine. Ryan called him out for it. The headline of the interview is douchier than anything Ryan said.

It's like he went into it thinking: how can I piss this guy off?

someone else said this on ufck but it pretty much sums up my position: i have no doubt the interviewer reworded the questions in his favor for the article, but i also have no doubt ryan adams was a colossal prick.

someone else said this on ufck but it pretty much sums up my position: i have no doubt the interviewer reworded the questions in his favor for the article, but i also have no doubt ryan adams was a colossal prick.

good performance on conan though.

Agreed. I'm not a Ryan Adams apologist. The guy can be a massive douchebag, I just love his music. I'd like to see him sit down with Charlie Rose again...sober.

I don't think Dave is a "bad guy" at all. He is as humble as it gets. A very likable musician. My issues are more disappointment over what feels like a very uninspired approach to his craft. The "i'll play what I want" is douchey... but I used the wrong word to describe him.

Holy shit, that AV interview is the best RA interview I've ever read. He is just ON FIRE. Totally thoughtful and insightful.

I love this part:

"The preparation of what I’m doing takes a shitload longer than a person to just listen to it through once, and then start jive-turkeying on the Internet. Because the Internet is an immediate thing, but you can’t fucking write an album on the Internet. So, to me, it’s a virtual meal, and you can’t virtually taste shit. It’s a false experience, when I see the reviews of something that I’ve done, to [only have had] the record for a day. So my records go into my back catalog—my back catalog sells more than anything—and then people can just go to the back catalog. It’s always there; it’s like canned goods. When they’re hungry, they can go and get it, and there it is. It’s there for them."

i think it's from this european tour he did a few months ago. and he's playing it off now, but he lost his shit over a few bootlegs getting out because he had something big planned and he threatened to scrap it all because his fans are disrespectful.